John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Good morning, grace and peace in the name of the Lord
Jesus to all who seek him and love his presence. Great are the lessons in the
Word of our God and today once again we want to meditate on the life of Peter
and what he learned in his journey following Jesus Christ.

I like to study the Bible Handbook of Halley it
teaches us many things that give us a clearer picture. If you have this manual,
you will find on page 478 more information on this subject. We will just
mention a few here to help you better understand the issue here. Peter's
confession is also described in Mark 8 and Luke 9. This manual explains that it
was already around three years that when Peter had accepted Jesus as the
Messiah; according to Jo. 1: 41,42. A year later, he he called him
"Lord" according toLuke 5: 8.
Approximately six months after this he called him "the Holy One of
God" = Jo. 6: 68.69. Now after spending two and a half years traveling
with Jesus, he expressed the conviction that Jesus is the Son of the living
God.

Take some time to meditate a little, how long is it
that you follow Jesus, after having accepted him in your heart? What do You
declareabout Jesus in the sight of the
people? Or, are you one of those who only believe in it, and live how you think
it's right; although you do not believe it to be necessary to always preach
about God? We have to be very cautious in this, because one thing is to preach,
quite another to let Jesus shine through our lives. And, sure Peter left his
light shine, he was not ashamed to confess what he believed about Jesus; the
master now he followed. In the verse of Mt. 16:18 Jesus answers about this
statement of Peter the following: "For I tell you, you are Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it;"

Upon this rock (v. 18)
The rock on which Jesus would build his church is not Peter; but about the fact
that he confessed that as a human being, that Jesus is the Son of God. The
divinity of Jesus is the foundation on which the church is based, This is the
fundamental creed of Christianity. This is the unmistakable meaning of this
language.

The keys of the
kingdom of heaven . (v.19) The common interpretation of this verse is that
Peter opened the door of salvation to the Jews at Pentecost (Acts 2); and then
to the Gentiles Acts 9-10. He was not given the power to forgive sins, but to
proclaim the conditions of forgiveness. Whatever authority was granted to
Peter, also was granted to the other apostles as Matthew 18:18. and Jo. 20:23.
- And that only in the sense of being able to declare forgiveness through
Christ. All this happened in Caesarea Philippi located in the far north of
Israel, one of the initial tributaries of the Jordan River to Mount Hermon
foothills, 80 km southwest of Damascus was the city that in NT times was called
Caesarea Philippi. (Halley's Biblical handbook pg. 478).

We have much to learn
from the life of Peter and the other disciples that learned as they walked with
Jesus; just like you and I do aswell. We learn in our daily journey. We note
that Peter had a very natural reaction as a human being to what Jesus said to
them in verse 21 .

In Matthew 16: 21-23[1] Jesus Predicts His Death:
“21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief
priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the
third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
“Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” 23 Jesus turned and
said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do
not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

We see clearly that at
this ocasion Peter reacted as a person who thinks with the mind of man. The
revelation he declared before was given by the Holy Spirit; But at this time he
acted as Peter only. We see the love and respect he had for Jesus and as a
friend and teacher who Jesus was, Peter just wanted to protect him from such
suffering and all that he had said he would pass. We do not always think with
the mind of Christ which is given us to us; and this is what happened with
Peter at this ocasion. This is natural, and at a situation like this we need
that Jesus shows us onceagainthe purpose that God has in all this. Peter
learned a profound lesson that day. And you and I learn what from the
experience of Peter?

Why you believe that
Jesus said to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan, who serves me scandal;
because you do not understand the things that are of God, but those that are of
men. "I think it was because Peter allowed Satan to put those thoughts in
his mind, that that do not proceeded from God. Each of us who are followers of
Jesus Christ, we must always ask for discernment if what came into our hearts
to speak was inspired by the Holy Spirit or if it came from another source.
Great lesson to be learned. Glory to God. Jesus has patience in teaching us,
hallelujahs. Glory to God for this.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Living and Learning with Jesus our
Lord and Master.

Greetings to all dear friends and
visitors of our blog in the name of our dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God
is with us and we have this wonderful promise in the Bible. Mathew 28:20 =“and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.”

I love this passage for three important
reasons. 1st reason = because of who said it. 2nd reason:
“and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you”. 3rd
reason = “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

This was one of the lessons
that Peter and the other disciples all had the opportunity to learn in theory
and practice. They heard Jesus teaching it, in person. And they experienced it
that Jesus never left them. Peter tells us about many things he learned with
Jesus in his letters, and we are going to study them later on.

If we take a look at the
chapters 16-18 we can notice how many experiences they had on a daily bases. In
the 16th chapter we read about the fact that people watched Jesus,
they were aware of his reputation. Pharisees and Sadducees always were
watching him to see if they could find anything to hold against him. Jesus was
for them a nuisance, for he was beginning to be very famous, and they feared he
would take over their leadership. They all remembered the fact that when Jesus
was born the three wise men came from the East:“and asked, “Where is the one
who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come
to worship him. Mateus 2:2”. In their mind probably was a questioning going
on: ‘might he be the one the three wise men referred to?’

In chapter 16[1]
we have several lessons what Peter learned about. In verses 6-13 Jesus calls
their attention to be cautious about the pharisees and sadducees saying in
verse 6: “Be careful,”
Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast
of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” And shortly after this we read in verse:

Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and
still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living
God.”

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not
revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.”

In this passage we see how much Peter learned
walking alongside of Jesus. Walking with him, working with him and he came so
close in his relationship with the Lord that he heard the Father in Heaven
reveal the truth about Jesus to him. Because we read that Jesus says: ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of
Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in
heaven’.

Peter shortly before this was merely a
fisherman who was earning his life fishing. All the twelve were on a daily bases
transformed into fisher of men. They were taught that they could hear the voice
of the Father if they followed Jesus. These are tremendous lessons to be learned. You and I can learn how to
listen to our heavenly Father as well.

Are you willing to come close to the Lord so
that you will be able to listen to the Father in heaven? May God bless us in
our daily walk with him, in such a way that you can learn how to communicate with
him, and listen to him; learning as the 12 disciples did. Peter was one of
them, and we are disciples too. May God find in us followers whom He can trust.

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